She did fine. Did herself no harm. People who like her will keep liking her. People who don’t, still won’t. People who rather just hack her e-mail and find another kid’s myspace page will do what they will. The interview will be talked about much less than the Gibson because the interviewer didn’t manage to make himself the star of the show. And there’s some more tomorrow.

I think everyone wants to see the Palin-Biden debate for a real, live sense of what we’ve got here. I think most Palin fans are optimistic.